[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20441-20442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10961]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33574 (Sub-No. 1)]
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice of exemption.
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SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts the trackage rights
described in STB Finance Docket No. 33574 1 to permit the
trackage rights to expire, as they relate to the operation on the
Shawnee Junction segment, on July 15, 1998, as they relate to the
operation on the Fish Lake segment, on September 1, 1998, and as they
relate to the Lewisville/Longview segment, on July 31, 1998, in
accordance with the agreement of the parties.2
\1\ On March 24, 1998, BNSF filed a notice of exemption under
the Board's class exemption procedures at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). The
notice covered the agreement by UP to grant BNSF limited overhead
trackage rights between the following points: (1) Shawnee Junction,
WY, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 271.4 (North Platte
Subdivision) and Northport, NE, in the vicinity of UP's milepost
117.3 (North Platte Subdivision), a distance of approximately 154
miles (Shawnee Junction segment); (2) Fish Lake, WA, in the vicinity
of UP's milepost 354.7 (Spokane Subdivision) and Attalia, WA, in the
vicinity of UP's milepost 215.7 (Spokane Subdivision), a distance of
approximately 139 miles (Fish Lake segment); and (3)(a) Lewisville,
AR, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 390.3 (Pine Bluff Subdivision)
and Big Sandy, TX, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 525.0, on the
Pine Bluff Subdivision (milepost 112.95 Dallas Subdivision), and (b)
Longview, TX, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 89.6, on the Dallas
Subdivision (milepost 0.0 Palestine Subdivision) and Dallas, TX, in
the vicinity of UP's milepost 214.6 (Dallas Subdivision), a distance
of approximately 260 miles (Lewisville/Longview segment). The
trackage rights are scheduled to expire effective July 15, 1998, for
the Shawnee Junction segment, effective September 1, 1998, for the
Fish Lake segment, and effective July 31, 1998, for the Lewisville/
Longview segment. See The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company,
STB Finance Docket No. 33574 (STB served Apr. 6, 1998). The trackage
rights operations under the exemption became, or will become,
effective on April 1, 1998, for the Shawnee Junction segment, on
July 1, 1998, for the Fish Lake segment, and on June 15, 1998, for
the Lewisville/Longville segment.
\2\ Trackage rights normally remain in effect unless
discontinuance authority or approval of a new agreement is sought.
See Milford-Bennington Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage Rights
Exemption--Boston and Maine Corporation and Springfield Terminal
Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32103 (ICC served Sept. 3,
1993).
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DATES: This exemption is effective on May 24, 1998. Petitions to reopen
must be filed by May 14, 1998.
ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of all pleadings referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33574 (Sub-No. 1) must be filed with the Office of
the Secretary, Case Control Unit, Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of all
pleadings must be served on petitioners' representatives (1) Yolanda M.
Grimes, Esq., The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, P.
O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039, and (2) Joseph D. Anthofer,
Esq., Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha,
NE 68179.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-1600.
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 565-1695.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the
Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to,
call, or pick up in person from: DC NEWS & DATA, INC., Suite 210, 1925
K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 289-4357.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through TDD services
(202) 565-1695.]
Decided: April 10, 1998.
By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice Chairman Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10961 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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